The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03

of Tionesta's people. The high con.
tracing parties we're Mr.. George w.
Smith, former resident of this place,
and Miss Eva Brownell, the accom-.
plished daughter os landlord Brow.
nell of the Central House. The Re.
PUBLICAN joins heartily in the general
congratulations and best wishes of
their friends, and hopes hat their fu.
tur: may be happy and prosperous
one.
Editorial talent Of Tionesta is
now sending articles to Oil City papers
and then reproducing them in their
own.-Kepler's National.
Who can this be? Certainly not
Kepler or any of his scabs, for the Oil
City papers are too high up in the
scale of respectability to admit any
thing coming from so disreputable
a source as that. Blythe. way, that
sort of thing would be something after
Kepler's plan of sitting in his office
and writing letters from the country
putting himself and his paper.
--Pleasantville Record: "The Tio.
hesta Gas Co. has concluded arrange
ments for laying their lines into It'd.
ioute and that town will assume
comfortable appearance when the days
grow chilly. This same blessing might
be secured for our village, should our
citizens exercise a liberal amount of
enthusiasm. m.-Charls Davis, Of Tio-
resta, is spending few days visiting
friends in Pleasantville.-Mrs. Jas.
Fosha, of Third street, who has been
sufferer for many months, from Brights
disease, is now reported very low, with
little hope of recovery" Mr.. Fosha
and family we're former residents of
Forest county.
The FOREST REPUBLICAN, J. Z.
Wenk, editor, published at TioDesta,
Pa, came to US last week enlarged
and otherwise improved. 1t is a jour
nal that Forest county can feel proud
Of The enterprising editor was one
of the efficient clerks of the late Leg
lslature, and this improvement ex.
plains where a part of the Doodle
which killed the Revenue bill went.
Murder will out t!-Keystone FRANKLIN
Coz Gazette.
Bro. Fisher, too, was clerk in the
transcribing room, and without doubt
the best that has occupied the place
for many years. However, it is very
naughty in him to seek to divert at,
tention in the wrong direction on the
"stop thief" plan. Yes, very naughty
in you, james.
The report of oil operations for
July imparts sauguine hue to the
situation and is good fodder for the
bulls. Compared with the June report,
there is decrease Of 1920 bbls. new
production, 10 more dry holes, and 7
less drilling wells. During July 159
wells were completed, with 2,06S bbls.
new production, There are 1876 drill.
Jog wells. With Lima oil no longer
in the market as competitor, with
the prolific pools all defined and the
gushers ceasing to gush, the field is
pronounced by the Derrick to be
without Il formidable bear feature"
-Frdnklin NelUs That reads all nice
enough, but still she don't seem to
boom. However, thank heaven for
the way it looks, anyway.
The annual campmeeting of the
Free Methodist Church for the Oil
City district, will commence at Titus
vile, Pa, August 18th and continue
to the Oath. Rev. j. II. Michael,
Chairman, has made arrangements 50
that all persons who pay full fare over
the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia
Railroad in going to the meeting will
be entitled to return at one.third reg
ular fare on August 26th. The re,
duction is for the one day only. If
you expect to return on August 26,
buy single trip, full fare tickets, to
Titssville, and get certificate from
him on the camp ground, securing to
you the onethird return rates. II
you do not expect to return on that
day, buy round trip ticket,
"A correspondent of the BKzsard
at Warren has the following; The
Cattaraugus and COrnplantsr Indians
are having a great time at Big Bend,
on the Allegheny river, above Warren,
it being their annual fishing. This is
done in u curious way. A seine made
of brush woven together is stretched
across the river, a rope attached to
! aithar and and ahnut tmauty hra vac